Chapter 50: If you are a man, you have to be responsible!

Not at home?

Midu Takahashi glanced at the light on in the living room and asked again, “So where did he go?”

A very strange thought arose in his mind.

Rina continued to write on the writing pad, and during this time Takahashi Midu just felt like the wait seemed long.

Then Lena flipped the writing pad.

“Natsuki went to work part-time, at the convenience store in front.”

Seeing this, Takahashi Mito was instantly in a relieved mood, but on second thought it was a bit strange.

“It’s almost the monthly exam, why is he still working? Is he short of money lately?”

At those words, Lina, who had been wearing a smiling face, suddenly looked startled, and her movements became wriggly as she continued to write on the writing pad:

“It’s all because of me.”

Lina fumbled with her pocket and pulled a brand new cell phone out of it, then opened a memo and typed in a message to tell Mito Takahashi what was going on.

The words in the cell phone screen can be read in the dim light.

She stood by and watched in silence.

Along with Rina’s statement, Takahashi Midu’s sight turned from surprise to gentleness.

She pursed her lips, uh ……

Leena ended her typing, worry filling her little eyes as she looked straight up at her.

Takahashi Mito also finally understood that Rina’s whole meaning was roughly that Aoi’s pocket money was far from enough to raise an eight-year-old child, and that all sorts of food and drink would unknowingly incur expenses, so Aoi Natsuki would also have to find a job to work at in order to be able to do that.

Lina tightened the new cell phone she was holding, and actually needed a new one because she had broken the old one Natsuki had given her earlier by soaking it in water.

Natsuki’s exact words were that she was home alone, and if she had a cell phone, she could be the first to be contacted in case of trouble.

But also because of this, the daily expenses are also more limited, and now it is close to the time of the monthly exams have to come out to work, Lina will also feel very worried.

……

“Right there.”

Lina pointed to the convenience store up ahead.

Takahashi Midu also turned her sights and the first thing she saw was Aoi Natsuki standing behind the counter.

Is he still really working?

She recalled what he had said the other day when several people in the club were reviewing together, saying that this monthly exam was very important and would affect the promotion of the subsequent series of outstanding cadres, but he was now ……

Takahashi Mito somehow frowned slightly, looking at the hard-working Aoi Natsuki, and always felt a bad taste in her heart.

“Shall we go in and say hello?”

“No.” Takahashi Mito shook her head no, her eyes looking up at him once more as she muttered under her breath, “I’ll just stand outside and watch for a while.”

Strangely enough, the style of the night is outside the depression, but standing on the street corner of Takahashi Mido felt that just like this quietly looking at the figure of Aoi Natsuki instead of the mood is more solid.

Rina held her hand, and her gaze fell on Natsuki’s for a long time, her mind drifting back to the events of the previous two days ……

……

“I’m sorry Natsuki, I really didn’t mean it.”

“It’s okay, I told you it’s fine.” Aoi Natsuki stroked the head of Rina who had a self-condemning look on her face and led her to the place where she bought a cell phone.

The old doesn’t go away and the new doesn’t come, Aoi Natsuki thought about it, and there was no need to say anything more when she looked at Rina who was already looking so guilty.

Walking into the store, a male teller from the cell phone store came up with a professional smile on his face, “Can I help you?”

“Well, I want to buy a cell phone.”

“Okay, follow me.”

The male teller then led the two to a counter and introduced him to the latest models of cell phones now available, with prices marked underneath each one, and Aoi Natsuki was quick to notice this, and was instantly shocked.

Are all cell phones already this expensive now?

His own cell phone is still in four years ago to buy, because it has not been bad so used to the present, thought that now the price of cell phones should be cheaper and cheaper, I did not expect to go up so fast.

Aoi Natsuki’s gaze became a little hesitant, and Rina beside him sensed this and took the corner of his coat and shook it gently.

Aoi Natsuki knew deep in his heart that the money he brought with him was not enough, and his eyes turned towards some cheap cell phones, but those types of phones were more like old-age phones.

“Awwwwwww.”

As the atmosphere inside the store became more and more awkward, Rina suddenly shouted and pulled him to insist on walking out of the store’s entrance, and just like that, Aoi Natsuki was pulled out of the store’s entrance by force, and directly walked out about ten meters away.

Aoi Natsuki was a bit puzzled at first, but when he saw Leigh’s restored expression, he instantly understood everything.

Leena was seeing the hard way.

For a moment, a wave of sadness surged up inside Aoi Natsuki, pursing her lips as her eyes gradually became moist.

He blamed himself just as much.

Blame yourself for not being able to take better care of Lena.

Can’t even afford a cell phone!

“I’m sorry, Rina, I didn’t have enough money on me today and I need you to relieve me.” Aoi Natsuki remembered for a moment that her gaze had just subconsciously glanced at those inexpensive old-age phones, and her heart was even more heartbroken.

Being a guy with empty pockets isn’t the hardest thing to accept, the hardest thing to accept is having someone you care about around you when you have empty pockets.

“Awwwwwww.”

At that moment, Rina spread her smile and patted his waist with her small hand, and her warm smile also eased Aoi Natsuki’s mood.

She began to write on her writing pad.

“I just need Natsuki to be by my side.”

Natsuki Aoi looked at the words and exhaled through the tip of his nose, then he faked a smile and reached out to pinch her cheeks.

The heart at the same time made a secret decision that he had to go to work!

Saying yes, that night Aoi Natsuki went to interview for a job as a clerk at the nearest convenience store, working the evening shift, so it would be much easier to go home after work.

……

Memories end.

Takahashi Mito had already felt the coolness coming on, and although she wanted to stand for a bit longer, she was worried about Rina’s little body catching a cold, so after thinking about it, she opened her bag and took out that well-prepared gift.

“Give this …… to him for me tonight, I bought it, it’s kind of …… me apologizing to him for what happened before.” Takahashi Mito handed it over.

Leena took it in both hands, followed by a heavy nod.

Takahashi Mito also took out his wallet and pulled out 30,000 yen notes from it and tried to give it to Lina, who didn’t move at first because of the darkness of the light around her, but when she saw that it was 10,000 yen notes, she was so scared that she dared not to accept the money and backed away from it.

“Take it, you’re not in a difficult situation.”

Leena’s hands immediately covered her ears and her head was like a rattle as she kept shaking her head.

No matter what she said, Lena wouldn’t take the money.

Takahashi Mito persuaded her for a long time, but in the end, she couldn’t be convinced and had to give up.

“Did Aoi teach you that too?”

Leena looked straight at her, followed by a slight nod.

“Well …… then I’ll take you back first, and my sister is ready to go home.” Takahashi Mito’s voice weakened and led Rina back in the direction of home again.

I have to say, today’s Aoi Natsuki makes her feel awe-inspiring, this guy ……

……

In the convenience store, Aoi Natsuki was in the middle of cashiering, when the sudden system tone of a goodwill boost made him look confused, and he turned to call up the system panel to take a look.

Surprise.

Takahashi Mito’s favorability …… became 4!